Stonehenge News

Paris -
Despite a century of scientific scrutiny, the 5000-year old Neolithic monument in southern England known as Stonehenge has yielded few secrets about the people buried amidst its ring of towering rocks.

A new theory about the role played by Stonehenge in ancient times says that its huge slabs could have been used as stilts for holding up a large, circular, wooden temple designed for religious ceremonies.

Conservationists have called for the closing of Stonehenge, the popular tourist attraction and monument that is several thousand years old, on the Summer and Winter solstice due to the damage caused by visitors on these days.

Salisbury -
For many years, the British have teased the French about their penchant for eating frogs' legs. Now the humor turns, as we find out that the British were actually the first to eat the "delicacy."

Amesbury -
An investigation by archaeologists from the universities of Birmingham, Bradford and Vienna suggest that Stonehenge was a sacred site at least 500 years before the stones were erected. New evidence also suggests a link with prehistoric sun worship.

Archeology will be all hot this summer. Indiana Jones back on the big screen will be balanced by the first dig at Stonehenge in 50 years. Team leaders, Geoff Wainwright and Professor Tim Darvill hope to find evidence Stonehenge was a Lourdes-alike.

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"We were at the NATO Summit in Wales when someone mentioned to the President that Stonehenge wasn't that far away. 'Let's go,' he said. So when the Summit ended, we took a slight detour on the way back to Air Force One."
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Pete Souza

Newly discovered "superhenge" second Stonehenge

Ludwig Boltzmann Insitute

Achill-henge on Achill Island, Ireland

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The sun behind the Heel Stone at Stonehenge, shortly after sunrise on the summer solstice.

Andrew Dunn

Traffic on A303 quite often queues up as the road goes past Stonehenge.